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Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

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Need biopsies again
My MRI showed two new areas of concern, so I have to get a MRI guided biopsy. Last spring I had a biopsy at the scar site come back with fat necrosis, giant cell reaction, and fibrosis, and it seems r…
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18 comments
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Started by purplecat
Most recent by bitchonwheels
Nov 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Signatera testing for residual disease
Hi everyone! I'm new here. I was diagnosed with Hormone + IDC last year. I was eventually deemed grade 2, stage 1b, with 1 positive lymph node plus a second with micromets. I had DCIS on the other sid…
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3 comments
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Started by mrsbungle
Most recent by kaynotrealname
Oct 28, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Abnormal Blood test worried about recurrence, help interpreting
Had my annual physical with primary care doc which included cbc differential and comprehensive metabolic panel. Im so scared that these number could mean the cancer is back or spread somewhere else an…
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4 comments
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Started by toyamjj
Most recent by mswife
Oct 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Repeat Mammo and US in other breast
Has anyone ever been diagnosed with BC in their other breast? I got caught off guard when the hospital called me back saying they need more pictures from my mammo last week. My non breast cancer is al…
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1 comments
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Started by jjontario
Most recent by parakeetsrule
Oct 19, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Wondering when to get worried about headaches and nausea
I've started having mild headaches recently. I've had headaches off an on before, so it is not completely abnormal, but they usually only lasted for a couple of days and were likely related to my mens…
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7 comments
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Started by blue22
Most recent by blue22
Oct 18, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Liver enzymes - help!
My liver enzymes have always been a little above normal which the docs attribute to statins. But for the last two times (July and just recently) they have crept a little higher than they’ve ever been.…
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2 comments
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Started by lita19901
Most recent by lita19901
Oct 9, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Are skin Mets itchy, bumpy and flare with Zolodex?
Hi - I have a bunch of tiny itchy bumps in my upper right thigh - near the hip. They are itchy, seem to just have appearedand seem to have gotten itchier after my Zolodex shot. Anyone have had this be…
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2 comments
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Started by bong
Most recent by bong
Oct 6, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Chest wall metastasis?
About a week ago I started having tenderness in one area of my right breast. The tenderness is deep so I have to push on it to feel it. At first I attributed it to upper body light weights but it’s no…
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4 comments
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Started by lita19901
Most recent by lita19901
Sep 27, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Bone biopsy
Hi there, I hope everyone is doing fine. I have this upcoming bone biopsy and I would like to hear some insights from anyone who had been in the same situation. I have this bone pain that involves 20 …
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24 comments
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Started by anx789
Most recent by exbrnxgrl
Sep 22, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Waiting on skull biopsy results
I was diagnosed with IDC (er+/pr+/her2+) and ILC 13 years ago next month. About 6 months ago I began having daily headaches which became increasingly unbearable. My primary care doctor referred me to …
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7 comments
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Started by KorynH
Most recent by moderators
Sep 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
"Fat Necrosis" six months ago, but its grown?
Hey everyone, <3 I'm TN IDC Stage 2 diagnosed back in 8/2017 at the age of 28, Chemo, Lumpectomy, Radiation. Can ya'll talk to me about your experience of Fat necrosis? I want it all. Good bad ugly, i…
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8 comments
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Started by turbokitten88
Most recent by scaredmominmi
Sep 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Enlarged lymph node above clavicle
I don't normally worry but I know my body. I have an enlarged lymph node above my clavicle. Not huge but noticeable. It's not painful, moves a little bit and has been there for over a month. I just ha…
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5 comments
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Started by gameoniwin
Most recent by LeeLeeLynn
Sep 18, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Bone metastasis or osteoporosis. Very anxious.
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with Stage 1a, Grade 3 IDC in August 2020. 3 tumors all about 1 cm each. 1 of 4 nodes had a micromet. Onco of 34. Had a double mastectomy 4 rounds off DD AC and 4 of DD Ta…
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2 comments
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Started by believe60
Most recent by believe60
Sep 11, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Rib Pain
Hi, approx a year ago, I started with a pain in my ribs on my left side (cancer was on my right). I waited it out to see if it would go away and it didn’t. In the fall, I got an X-ray and ct scan (w &…
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15 comments
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Started by kringle12
Most recent by kringle12
Sep 8, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Controlling fear
Hi. I had shoulder pain and thought it was rotator cuff or shoulder impingement. The X-ray came back with a lucent lesion on my bone. I have an mri tomorrow and I’m stressed. Just so scared, sick to m…
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5 comments
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Started by bcisnofun
Most recent by bcisnofun
Sep 7, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Elevated ferritin?
hi all! I had my annual check up with my PCP in July. Everything was ok, only thing he showed concern about was my ferritin level. The normal range goes up to 150 and mine was 350. So not off the char…
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3 comments
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Started by Taralynn
Most recent by kaynotrealname
Sep 2, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Signatera blood test for detecting molecular residual disease
I’ve just finished my chemo (year), surgery and radiation and even though I had a PCR after the neoadjuvant TCHP, I’m super anxious about this recurring given that my tumor was HER2+/Hormone negative …
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3 comments
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Started by bakerb
Most recent by sarahmaude
Aug 28, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Re: How to know Mets or when to do more exams?
Hi everyone, I am writing this post on behalf of my mom. She is recently diagnosed with invasive breast cancer on February 11, lump size 1.3cmx1cmx1.3cm. Grade 2, ER+/HER2-. She is 58 years old and ch…
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13 comments
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Started by palake
Most recent by ssb110
Aug 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Taken By Surprise...
Hello....I have not posted here for a very long time but now find myself needing support so thank you in advance for your responses. I am a nine year BC survivor and had a double mastectomy with impla…
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11 comments
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Started by meme5
Most recent by myshadow
Aug 10, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Scary Symptoms -- Brain Mets?
For the past two weeks, I've had a numb/tingly feeling on the right side of my face. I have some very moderate pain in the back right of my skull that comes and goes, along with this tingly/prickly/nu…
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5 comments
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Started by Krgowl
Most recent by Krgowl
Aug 9, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Hair suddenly falling out, scalp skin lesions
I have not been able to access health care since a bilateral mastectomy in August 2020. I have taken jobs that did not have days off, trying to keep paying for rent and food, about to return to school…
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2 comments
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Started by KARW41
Most recent by alicebastable
Aug 5, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Lung Nodule
At has been 5 years since my diagnosis and treatment. I recently had a CT due to some smelling in my armpit and they found a 3mm lung nodule in my right lower lobe. This is a new finding that wasn't t…
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3 comments
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Started by gameoniwin
Most recent by divinemrsm
Jul 26, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Am I just being paranoid? Dental X-ray concern.
I had routine panoramic films done at the dentist recently. He was going over them with me and points to an area on my lower jaw and says it is “ just a bone abnormality .” Of course i internally pani…
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6 comments
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Started by dani444
Most recent by summersday
Jul 21, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Incidental finding in lung
Hi all, thanks in advance for your comments. I just had a heart calcium score done and the CT scan found “atelectasis/consolidation” in my lower right lung. The scan notes did say that “no determinant…
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3 comments
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Started by wanda1978
Most recent by wanda1978
Jul 20, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
(pCr) after neoadjuvant chemo, still worried about recurrence.
Diagnosed with Her2+, ER/PR Negative, Ki-67 90%, Stage 2B IDC, 2 positive nodes worried that even with pCr some people still have recurrence. Are any others in this same situation? I understand that t…
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2 comments
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Started by bakerb
Most recent by melbo
Jul 19, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Is the MRI needed now or not?
After working out on the treadmill (had not exercised in years) every day for over a month. No stretches or slow start or slow down. Hit it hard and heavy every single day for 1 - 1.7 miles. No discom…
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11 comments
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Started by byfaith
Most recent by kbl
Jul 13, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
What does “bone pain” feel like when cancer has spread there?
I know variations of this question have been asked. I'm looking for some specifics. I have had pain in the lower left side of my back for five weeks now. Sometimes when it's bad, I feel it in my whole…
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11 comments
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Started by jesnort5
Most recent by anx789
Jul 12, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Lower abdomen pain right side
Hi friends I have been having pain in my lower abdomen near the pelvis. Got the X-ray done and it was normal. Doctor is not concerned but says we will do an ultrasound. Has anyone had a similar pain i…
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3 comments
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Started by flo80
Most recent by sunshinedaydream
Jul 11, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
MRI can’t rule out pelvic metastasis
I started Tamoxifen in late January and was given a list of symptoms to call the gynecologist about if they showed up because I'm premenopausal. Well, three weeks ago, I had about four days of abnorma…
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10 comments
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Started by smoothoperator78
Most recent by flo80
Jul 7, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned
Dreading Upcoming Appointment
I was diagnosed three years ago and treatment was quick and aggressive. I've always had a mix of uninterest in and fear of all things medical, but I have done what a “responsible person" is supposed t…
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8 comments
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Started by ratherdisappointed
Most recent by wallycat
Jun 24, 2022
Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

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Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Need biopsies again

Signatera testing for residual disease

Abnormal Blood test worried about recurrence, help interpreting

Repeat Mammo and US in other breast

Wondering when to get worried about headaches and nausea

Liver enzymes - help!

Are skin Mets itchy, bumpy and flare with Zolodex?

Chest wall metastasis?

Bone biopsy

Waiting on skull biopsy results

"Fat Necrosis" six months ago, but its grown?

Enlarged lymph node above clavicle

Bone metastasis or osteoporosis. Very anxious.

Rib Pain

Controlling fear

Elevated ferritin?

Signatera blood test for detecting molecular residual disease

Re: How to know Mets or when to do more exams?

Taken By Surprise...

Scary Symptoms -- Brain Mets?

Hair suddenly falling out, scalp skin lesions

Lung Nodule

Am I just being paranoid? Dental X-ray concern.

Incidental finding in lung

(pCr) after neoadjuvant chemo, still worried about recurrence.

Is the MRI needed now or not?

What does “bone pain” feel like when cancer has spread there?

Lower abdomen pain right side

MRI can’t rule out pelvic metastasis

Dreading Upcoming Appointment

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